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Monday, May 13, 2013

Photography has picked a lot of allies this years,i see different photographers from my country trying to do best portraits..and why lie they are doing good.
I came across a good but also tricky question "what makes a photograph great?" this was kind of a question that the late Kelvin Carter was asked!!

Today i have a list of best documentary movies about photography and photographers,i understand there plenty of them but i managed to pick a few that i have also watched..

Bang Bang club

A drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers
capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa. particularly between 1990 and 1994, from when Nelson Mandela was released from prison to the 1994 elections. Malin Åkerman plays the role of Robin Comley who does everything she can to publish the horrific pictures as portrayed by them.

War Photographer (2002).

A study of James Nachtwey on assignment in Kosovo, Palestine and
Indonesia using a movie camera attached to his SLR its enlightening how
the subjects in these harrowing situations are wholly complicit in the
image making process.

National Geographic the photographers (1996)

This is an informative and interesting documentary about the NG
Photographers and what they do to get "the picture". It was made in 1998
but goes back further than that with anecdotes from the first
publication of the magazine. Although I did not think their lives were
"glamorous", I had no idea of how remote, dangerous, or heart rending
some of their assignments were. I definitely recommend this.

William Eggleston in the Real World [2005]

Photographer William Eggleston created a sensation in the art world in
1976 when a collection of his work went on display at the Museum of
Modern Art. While the Memphis native's work went against the grain of
the conventions of art photography of the day with their heavily
saturated colors and oblique, seemingly careless framings, in time
critics developed an enthusiasm for his work, and one critic cited the
show as "the beginning of modern color photography." Filmmaker Michael
Almereyda is an
admirer of Eggleston's
photography, and created a film portrait of this reclusive artist as he
shoots a commissioned assignment in Kentucky.

Annie Leibovitz – Life Through a Lens [2006]

Annie Leibovitz. The film directed by her sister, Barbara Leibovitz,
depicts the various phases that shaped her life while tracing her
photographic life producing some of today's most recognizable and iconic
photos. The film was broadcasted as part of PBS's award-winning series,
American Masters, as the finale for its 20th Anniversary season.An absolutely MESMERIZING film.

What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann [2008]

is a 2005 film directed and produced by Steven Cantor, which documents the photography and story of photographer Sally Mann at her Virginia
farm home. The movie documents the photographer's progression from a
child to a mother, and the struggles Mann faces through her public and
private life.

The Genius of Photography [2007]

The best filmed introduction to the magic of photography. The BBC at its
best in six episodes. Interviews with some of the world’s greatest
living photographers including William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, William
Klein, Martin Parr, Sally Mann, Robert Adams, Juergen Teller, Andreas
Gursky and Jeff Wall.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye [2006]

Heinz Bütler interviews Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) late in life.
Cartier-Bresson pulls out photographs, comments briefly, and holds them
up to Bütler's camera. A few others share observations, including
Isabelle Huppert, Arthur Miller, and Josef Koudelka. Cartier-Bresson
talks about his travels, including Mexico in the 1930s, imprisonment
during World War II, being with Gandhi moments before his assassination,
and returning to sketching late in life. He shows us examples. He talks
about becoming and being a photographer, about composition, and about
some of his secrets to capture the moment.

Contacts, Vol. 3: Conceptual Photography (2001)

Features Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Roni Horn, Bernd and Hilla
Becher, and other contemporary photographers told in their own words.

Bill Owen - Suburbia

Manufactured Landscapes [2006]

Follows Edward Burtynsky at work in China and Bangladesh and the USA.
Filmed by Jennifer Baichwal in a complimentary refined aesthetic to
Burtynsky’s work. Beautiful.